
French anti-equality activist, Dominque Venner, made his way to the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, pulled out a pistol and shot himself through the mouth.

French anti-equality activist, Dominque Venner, made his way to the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, pulled out a pistol and shot himself through the mouth.

It was a story that riveted the world, one that read like a tawdry French novel about a high-powered, charismatic politician and a supposedly seductive, but illiterate, maid.